375 RUGER Revisited....

Gunoholic said:
They gotta start somewhere.
You're not going to hire Elmer Keith II for minimum wage and the dubious pleasure of running around all day trying not to get his head bitten off by irascible old gun owner customers.
Gotta be patient with these guys some of whom are barely more than kids.
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This, exactly.

Anybody with any significant experience and/or measurable IQ isn't going to be standing behind a gun counter in WSS or Cabelas. If you're lucky, you might get a retiree who's doing it to supplement his pension - in those places, always look for the old guy first.

Better yet, go to the small shop where the owner or one of his family is dealing with customers. It's worth the extra 10%. The first such places that come to mind are P&D and Corlanes.

Lastly, the other side of the coin is I cannot imagine being behind a gun counter and having to deal with the immeasurably stupid and annoying public all day. Can you imagine being asked for the ten-thousandth time "Which is better, a .270 or a .30-06"? (or God help me, a .375 Ruger or a .375 H&H!). I'd be in jail by coffee time.
 
sgt.rock said:
It drives me frigging nutz to have to "school" a GUN STORE EMPLOYEE on something that should be pretty rudimentary to almost anyone that is familiar with firearms. I've walked away purchaseless too just because the thought of yanking some arsehole across the counter and throttling him made me too happy, and happiness is not a warm feeling to me.
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you do not have to worry that much about gun counter clerk in Yellowknife ... still no gun store?
 
Tumbleweed said:
This, exactly.

Anybody with any significant experience and/or measurable IQ isn't going to be standing behind a gun counter in WSS or Cabelas. If you're lucky, you might get a retiree who's doing it to supplement his pension - in those places, always look for the old guy first.

Better yet, go to the small shop where the owner or one of his family is dealing with customers. It's worth the extra 10%. The first such places that come to mind are P&D and Corlanes.

Lastly, the other side of the coin is I cannot imagine being behind a gun counter and having to deal with the immeasurably stupid and annoying public all day. Can you imagine being asked for the ten-thousandth time "Which is better, a .270 or a .30-06"? (or God help me, a .375 Ruger or a .375 H&H!). I'd be in jail by coffee time.
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we all know that the 375 ruger is the 30-06 of the 21st century no?
 
medvedqc said:
we all know that the 375 ruger is the 30-06 of the 21st century no?
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The Savage SS model 116 "Alaskan Brush Gun" in 375 Ruger is one accurate SOB using the Hornady factory 270 grain ammo if you can keep it from going into orbit and your shoulder in its socket.
One nasty beast of a gun to shoot off the bench as it only weighs 7 1/2 pounds and no muzzle brake.
I don't need the Caldwell "lead sled" when sighting in most guns but with the Savage 375 R I use the Caldwell.
 
sgt.rock said:
I was actually surprised to see our Can Tire now carries guns. Michael the manager is fairly knowledgable to boot.
As for the rest of the staff....................all filipino so not a gun owner among them
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I would generalize, not all Filipinos are gun shy. Out here you see a few of them hunting birds and deer, and quite a few on the handgun range with race guns. I'll bet some are quite knowledgeable.
 
fugawi said:
I would generalize, not all Filipinos are gun shy. Out here you see a few of them hunting birds and deer, and quite a few on the handgun range with race guns. I'll bet some are quite knowledgeable.
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The past Filipino President Fernando Mirroco apparently had a big collection of guns while his wife Morelda had more expensive shoes and purses than a Madison Avenue snob shop.
 
I should not generalize , you are right. BUT, these are new to Canada immigrant workers, who speak not much English. So , even if they are gun savvy, their English is poor enough to make it difficult to tell them what you are looking for. I have to point to the items I want more or less. I came off sounding like a dikk. (I love the hundreds of Filipino's I work with. And know a few that have shot guns before. BUT, I don't know ANY that are into guns in Canada........yet (They can fish you under the table, but at least in my experience, the only gun experience they had was at home, and generally NOT in a hunting way)
 
sgt.rock,

it is very hard for them to get legally firearms in their country but when here they love to legally have guns. same for colombians and mexicans.

for hunting again they need someone to show them and after they re hooked.

there is even one here working at the gun shop ...
 
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